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<p>Straight from the high fantasy world of <a class="glossify_term" title="Achaea" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/category/event-types/achaea">Achaea</a>, here is an updated version of a <a class="glossify_term" title="Siren" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/siren">Siren</a> <a class="glossify_term" title="apostate" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/apostate">apostate</a>. She's a little more alluring, and a hell of a lot more dangerous!</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/siren-apostate-of-achaea#commentsAchaeaapostateChris BourassadaggerSirenFri, 23 Dec 2011 14:20:24 +0000590 at http://www.ironrealms.comMMO Art Designer Chris Bourassahttp://www.ironrealms.com/mmo-art-designer-chris-bourassa
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<p>This is a great interview with <strong>Chris Bourassa</strong> who handles most of the Iron Realms art work and has worked on projects for other large gaming companies. He talks about his background in the gaming world, his progression of work for Iron Realms, how he does his art, and some tips for getting started in the art business.&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you want to see more of his work, check it out here.</p>
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<li>Iron Realms Art:&nbsp;<a title="MMO Art" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/chris-bourassa">http://www.ironrealms.com/chris-bourassa</a></li>
<li>Deviant Art Page:&nbsp;<a title="Deviant Art Page for Chris Bourassa" href="http://cribs.deviantart.com/">http://cribs.deviantart.com</a></li>
<li>Blog:&nbsp;<a style="color: #1155cc;" title="Chris Bourassa Blog" href="http://www.chrisbourassa.com/">http://www.chrisbourassa.com</a></li>
<li>Died Again Comic:&nbsp;<a title="Died Again Comic" href="http://www.diedagain.com/comic">http://www.diedagain.com/comic</a></li>
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<p>Here is the transcribed version of the interview for your reading pleasure.</p>
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<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Alright, this is Ben Gorlick and I am here with Chris Bourassa.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: Hey what's up?</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: I thought it would be fun to do another interview for Iron Realms and while not a lot people know you, they likely know your artwork. You are one of the artists who has been doing artwork for the Iron Realms games, is that correct?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: Yes absolutely. I've been doing art for Iron Realms for a couple year now.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Can you give us some background and how you became one of the Iron Realms artists?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: To be honest.. I can't remember. Matt Mihaly was running it (Iron Realms) years ago, six or sever years ago or something, and he somehow found my stuff and sent me this massive e-mail to do 26 characters or something. I got them all done and every time they wanted to update their art they came back to me which has been awesome, because they're a lot of fun to draw.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: That is awesome. How did Matt Mihaly find you exactly?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: I was hosting some art on concept art at the time and had a website. I've always had a full time job in video games, so I haven't pushed my online profile, but I always had a bit of a presence.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: What kind of video games have you worked on that were a full time job?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: I worked on my own IP for a couple of years, we were going to do a play station 2 game but then Sony cancelled that, and then I got a job doing Rifts for the n-gage, an exciting platform. I did Sonic for the psp, I did <a title="Monster Lab" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Lab">Monster Lab</a> for the Wii, and then I was the character art director for <a title="Armada of the Damned" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Armada_of_the_Damned">Armada of the Damned</a> which was a Pirates of the Caribbean type of game and then it got cancelled six months before release. That was like 3 1/2 years of work so that was kind of hard.</p>
<p><a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px;" title="Pirate Image" href="http://cribs.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d2a7k7t"><img style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; border: 2px solid black; margin: 5px;" src="/sites/default/files/pirate.jpg" alt="Pirate Image" width="225" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Wow. You put a lot of time into that Pirates of the Caribbean game?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: Yea, it was looking really sweet but they had a change in strategic direction.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Once that happened, did you decide to go freelance?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: I've always maintained a certain amount of Freelance going, predominantly for Iron Realms, but I always wanted to see if I could make a living doing freelance stuff. I decided to see if I could making a living at doing just freelance about a year ago and just dived into that.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: What are some of the first characters you remember doing for Iron Realms?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: The first batch was for Lusternia. A lot of anthropomorphic stuff, beast men, etc. Looking back on all that stuff, it was kind of crazy to see, I'm kind of embarrassed looking back.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Why are you embarrassed?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: A skill change, practices makes you better.. It's cool to go back and see my old stuff, and I've definitely gotten more familiar with Iron Realms and stayed up to date with the game changes from the website and every time I get a new character I get a text-brief about the characters.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: How did you come up with the base foundation of your first text-character graphical illustrations?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: That's what makes it great. The Iron Realms art always has a distinct edge or slant, and they have an interesting sensibility when it comes to fantasy content. There stuff is always so tweaked, it's not just an Orc or not just a Goblin. That's what makes it so interesting, creating something that speaks to the description and injects some of my own sensibilities into it. Trying to find that balance, and Iron Realms is always really good to work with and I like to think at the end of the day they are happy for my stuff.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: The players are really taking a liking to it and if people are not familiar with it you can go to the Iron Realms site at&nbsp;<a style="color: #1155cc;" title="Iron Realms MMO Games" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ironrealms.com/</a></p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Tell me a little about the creative process you create these with. Is it drawn on paper or the computer?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: The original Lusternia art I did pencil sketches of first and then I'd scan it and color it in photoshop. But then, as I got more experienced and the hardware and software progressed. I still start in the same way, in black and white before I start getting mixed up in color. If you dive in too fast, you get lost in the foods, and sometimes you can compromise your design in favor of getting your work done. I try to be a little more deliberate.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: How exactly do you get your characters out there as a Freelance out there? How do you get paid to do art?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: If you're just getting started, I say go get a job. Don't rely on the Internet to support you. The Internet is cruel, it's not a place to just build a career. I think you need team experience and working with a group of people that challenge you. I couldn't imagine graduating art school and then sitting in my basement trying to make a living. You need to get out and get pushed, otherwise you're going to spend all day drawing anime' girls and dragons, but you're not going to get any better, except at drawing anime' girls and dragons. If you get out, you can make contacts and go from there. It's always good to keep a blog going, and have an internet presence, but you can't just rely on it.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: I know you have a blog and website. What is it?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>:&nbsp;<a style="color: #1155cc;" title="Chris Bourassa Blog" href="http://www.chrisbourassa.com/" target="_blank">http://www.chrisbourassa.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: You have a comic strip too correct? <a title="MMO news" href="http://www.DiedAgain.com/comic">Died Again</a>?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: It's a good chance people haven't heard of it. I brought up the idea for one of the Iron Realms sites to mildly entertain people, and I approached the idea deliberately to do as little work as possible. It's black and white, super flat and I just try to have fun with it and use it as a break. I was worried if I committed to some elaborate art style, it would just bog me down and then I'd start to resent it. I just treat it as a 2-hour departure from what I normally do. Working with the writer Matt has been really awesome too, he's a really funny guy.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: What's your favorite character you've done for an Iron Realms game?</p>
<p><a style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px;" title="Elf Bard Image" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/image/bard-of-imperian"><img style="float: right; border: 2px solid black; margin: 5px;" src="/sites/default/files/bard.jpg" alt="MMO Bard" width="250" height="420" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: Some of the recent stuff came out pretty good. I was really happy with the Satyr and the Grook, I felt like a hit a bit of a stride. The bard for Imperian that I finished off six months ago. I liked the rough for the Siren, a lot of people hate the Siren, but you know.. working from a very short brief, and the rough was pretty sweet, but as I kind of pushed it I think it got kind of off track.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Maybe in the future would you be willing to show your creative process to the viewing audience, do a quick sketch, show some of the styles that you use?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: I did a tutorial once for&nbsp;<a style="color: #1155cc;" title="Babe Lab Art" href="http://babelab.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Babe Lab</a>, step-by-step thing, and since I have four more guys to do for Aetolia, and I'll just pick the one that turns out the best and I'll put it together in a bit of an article.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: That would be great. Is there anything you'd like to share?</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: I love it when people write comments on the art that Iron Realms posts on the site. It helps me understand the sensibilities of the Iron Realms fan base, it's cool to get a window of what's important to the community. I think the response has been really healthy for me as an artist so I can understand where to take these things in the future and what people really respond to.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Gorlick</strong>: Chris, I appreciate your time, we look forward to more of your art on the Iron Realms sites. We'd love to talk with you more in the future.</p>
<p><strong>Chris Bourassa</strong>: Thank you so much for having me on the show!</p>http://www.ironrealms.com/mmo-art-designer-chris-bourassa#commentsArtworkBen GorlickChris BourassaInterviewTue, 29 Nov 2011 17:34:39 +0000Avasyu of Imperian579 at http://www.ironrealms.comGrook Occultisthttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/grook-occultist
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<p>This image depicts a Grook Occultist sitting on a stool studying a massive, ancient tome.</p>
<p>Chris Bourassa has out done himself with this image and it is easily one of my all time favorites.</p>
<p>Grooks are a race of humanoid amphibians that can breathe and heal faster when in the water. The are the most intelligent of all the mortal player races in Achaea.</p>
<p>You can read more about the Grook race here: <a href="http://www.achaea.com/info/races/grook">http://www.achaea.com/info/races/grook</a></p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/grook-occultist#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaGrookOccultistWed, 26 Oct 2011 20:49:37 +0000Avasyu of Imperian555 at http://www.ironrealms.comDwarf Priest of Achaeahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/dwarf-priest-of-achaea
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<p>This image depicts a Dwarf priest standing astride a fight of dungeon stairs battling the undead.</p>
<p>The dwarf is one of the main player races in the free to play MMO game of Achaea. The Dwarves of Achaea were created by the god Phaestus and were given souls by Proteus.</p>
<p>You can learn more about the dwarf race on the Achaea website: <a href="http://www.achaea.com/info/races/dwarf">http://www.achaea.com/info/races/dwarf</a></p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/dwarf-priest-of-achaea#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaDwarfPriestWed, 26 Oct 2011 20:39:36 +0000Avasyu of Imperian554 at http://www.ironrealms.comSatyr Monk from Achaeahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/satyr-monk-from-achaea
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<p>This is another fabulous image from Chris Bourassa of a Satyr Monk from the MMORPG world of Achaea.</p>
<p>As with most traditional mythology, the Satyrs of Achaea have the upperbody of a human male and the lower body of a goat. In opposition to the <a title="Siren Racial Image" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/image/siren-of-achaea">Sirens</a>, the Satyr race are entirely composed of males only.</p>
<p>You can get a bit more info about this race from the Achaea website: <a href="http://www.achaea.com/info/races/satyr">http://www.achaea.com/info/races/satyr</a></p>
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http://www.ironrealms.com/image/satyr-monk-from-achaea#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaMonkSatyrWed, 26 Oct 2011 20:30:13 +0000Avasyu of Imperian553 at http://www.ironrealms.comXoran Druid of Achaeahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/xoran-druid-of-achaea
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<p>From the RPG MMO game, Achaea, this image depicts a Xoran Druid. Xorans a race of humanoid lizards (lizardmen) which originally came to the lands of Achaea from another world.</p>
<p>Here is a link to a little more info about the Xoran race on the Achaea website: <a href="http://www.achaea.com/info/races/xoran">http://www.achaea.com/info/races/xoran</a></p>
<p>This image was created by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/xoran-druid-of-achaea#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaDruidLizardmanXoranWed, 26 Oct 2011 20:23:02 +0000Avasyu of Imperian552 at http://www.ironrealms.comSsylsin Diabolist of Imperianhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/ssylsin-diabolist-of-imperian
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<p>An image of a Ssylin Diabolist sitting astride a hulking mount, RPG fanstasy artwork by Chris Bourassa.Straight from the <a title="free-to-play" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/free-to-play">free-to-play</a> game world of Imperian, this Ssylsin Diabolist is riding high on her foul Oroborous. Art by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/ssylsin-diabolist-of-imperian#commentsChris BourassaDiabolistfree-to-playImperianSsylsinTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:35:56 +0000ironrealms503 at http://www.ironrealms.comKohdon Predator of Imperianhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/kohdon-predator-of-imperian
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<p>This is another huge favorite by the Iron Realms staff. A Kohdon Predator from the MUD game world of Imperian. Art by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/kohdon-predator-of-imperian#commentsChris BourassaImperianKohdonPredatorTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:31:17 +0000ironrealms502 at http://www.ironrealms.comHuman Wardancer from Imperianhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/human-wardancer-from-imperian
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<p>A female human Wardancer with her sword raised high above her head, battle runes adorning her chiselled arms.Another fantastic image from Chris Bourassa. A human female Wardancer from the RPG world of Imperian. Wardancers are feared for their skill, ferocity, and pure agilty with the blade and shield.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/human-wardancer-from-imperian#commentsChris BourassaHumanImperianWardancerTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:26:31 +0000ironrealms501 at http://www.ironrealms.comBard of Imperianhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/bard-of-imperian
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<p>This is an Elven Bard from the fantasy RPG text game world of Imperian and is one of my personal favorites. Art by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/bard-of-imperian#commentsBardChris BourassaElfElvenImperianMMORPGTue, 16 Aug 2011 15:23:35 +0000ironrealms500 at http://www.ironrealms.comCaentoi Necromancerhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/caentoi-necromancer
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<p>Caentoi are a unique race in Aetolia MUD. This one has taken on the class of a necromancer, and let's face it, necromancers pretty much rock. What do you think of this bad boy that has been cooked up by Chris Bourassa? Leave your comments below.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/caentoi-necromancer#commentsAetoliaCaentoiChris BourassaNecromancyMon, 16 May 2011 22:34:32 +0000Avasyu of Imperian397 at http://www.ironrealms.comAchaean Atavianhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/achaean-atavian
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<p>This is a depiction of an Atavian from the text game Achaea. In this case the Atavian has taken on the class of a Jester, and is obviously using his skills to unleash a bit of MUD game butt whoopin. Chris Bourassa is the artist once again!</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/achaean-atavian#commentsAchaeaAtavianChris BourassaMon, 16 May 2011 22:19:58 +0000Avasyu of Imperian396 at http://www.ironrealms.comSiren of Achaeahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/siren-of-achaea
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<p>This is the original artwork of a Siren from the MMO <em>Achaea,</em> drawn by Chris Bourassa. However, some of you complained that her armour was too skimpy, so Chris Bourassa drew one <a title="Siren #2" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/image/siren-apostate-of-achaea">a little more covered up</a>!</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/siren-of-achaea#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaSirenMon, 16 May 2011 22:15:03 +0000Avasyu of Imperian395 at http://www.ironrealms.comGrecht from Aetoliahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/grecht-from-aetolia
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<p>While the are not vampires, they sure make me think of wicked cool vampires. The Grecht is actually a race from the text game Aetolia.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/grecht-from-aetolia#commentsAetoliaChris BourassaSat, 09 Apr 2011 02:00:20 +0000Avasyu of Imperian382 at http://www.ironrealms.comTarpen of Aetoliahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/tarpen-of-aetolia
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<p>Chris Bourassa has continued to pump out amazing art for the MMORPG game Aetolia. Check out this stunning Tarpen and make sure the pay special attention his little doll and the skeleton in the foreground.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/tarpen-of-aetolia#commentsAetoliaChris BourassaTarpenSat, 09 Apr 2011 01:50:37 +0000Avasyu of Imperian381 at http://www.ironrealms.comVampires of Aetoliahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/vampires-of-aetolia
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<p>Here is some more pure genius from Chris Bourassa. Here is a Bloodborn Vampire from the Iron Realms MUD game, Aetolia. Like it? You can play a character just like this in the text game right now.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/vampires-of-aetolia#commentsChris BourassaVampireSat, 09 Apr 2011 01:32:46 +0000Avasyu of Imperian380 at http://www.ironrealms.comDragons of Achaeahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/dragons-of-achaea
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<p>Lets face it, in the MMORPG Achaea you can become a <em>dragon</em>, and what the heck is better than that? This amazing piece of fantasy dragon art comes from Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/dragons-of-achaea#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaDragonmmoWed, 09 Mar 2011 18:00:41 +0000Avasyu of Imperian367 at http://www.ironrealms.comTsol'aa Sentinelhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/tsolaa-sentinel
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<p>Here is the first of some fantastic new art we are getting for the IRE text game, Achaea. This is a Tsol'aa Sentinel done by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/tsolaa-sentinel#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaWed, 19 Jan 2011 02:25:10 +0000Avasyu of Imperian340 at http://www.ironrealms.comAchaea Shirt Designhttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/achaea-shirt-design
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<p>This is the rough draft for the shirt design for one of Iron Realms most popular text games, Achaea. Once again this image was created by Chris Bourassa.</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/achaea-shirt-design#commentsAchaeaChris BourassaShirt DesignThu, 14 Oct 2010 21:50:09 +0000Avasyu of Imperian321 at http://www.ironrealms.comThe Elfen Race from Lusterniahttp://www.ironrealms.com/image/the-elfen-race-from-lusternia
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<p>This image come from the text based rpg game Lusternia. It is a depiction of a female Elfen. The Elfen are descended from the Elder Goddess Elfenehoala, and this race have always had a close affinity to the forests. If you like the looks of this, create an Elfen character on the text game Lusternia right now!</p>
http://www.ironrealms.com/image/the-elfen-race-from-lusternia#commentsChris BourassaElf GirlElvenLusterniammoTue, 05 Oct 2010 17:43:46 +0000Avasyu of Imperian302 at http://www.ironrealms.com